Transferable job-bank.



UNITED STATES.

PATE T OFFICE.

GUY M. GREEN, OF ONEILL, NEBRASKA.

TRANSFERABLE JOB-BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,560, dated February 24, 1903.

Application fild May 23, 1902;

To atZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY M. GREEN, a citi zen of the United States, and'a resident'of ONeill, in the county of Holt and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful- Improvement in Transferable J ob-Banks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the printing business, my object more particularly being to produce a neat, cheap, and efficient transferable bank for the use' 'of job-printers.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure lis a perspective view showing my improved job-bank ready for use, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Upon the rack 1 in a position analogous to that of an ordinary lower case my job-bank is removably situated. The bank consists of a flat longitudinal slab 2, provided with a rib 3, after the manner of an ordinary type-case. The edge of the slab opposite this rib is provided with another rib 4 flush therewith. Between the body of the slab 2 and the rib 4 is a thin bottom 5, forming a sort of longitudie nal groove, and this groove is divided transversely into compartments or boxes by means of thin reglets or strips 6. Angle-braces 7 8 are mounted upon the upper corners of the slab 2, so as to engage the ends of the rib 4, thereby strengthening the bank. It will be observed, therefore, that thecompartments intermediate of the reglets or strips 6 are sunken flush with the surface of theslabv2. This point constitutesa great advantage in my invention. Job-printers dislike to be annoyed bya multitude of loose receptacles resting upon the surface of the object at which they are at work.

My invention is used as follows: The bank being placed upon the rack or upon the lower case, as desired, a job-galley is laid upon the slab, its lower edge engaging the rib 3. The printer now places the j ob-form upon the slab and proceeds to apply his leads, slugs, furniture, ornaments, &c., in the usual manner. The boxes A are used for containing spaces, quads, dashes, ornaments, and such other Serial No. 109,320; (No model.)

'tuted; for a lower case, or it can be used in connection with an upper case for containing the materials not used quite so frequentlysuch, for instance, as labor-saving rule, slugs, leads, cuts, 860.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A transferable job-bank, comprising a flat slab of a general rectangular form and having an unbroken top face for the major part of its area, a longitudinal strip joined to the slab by an intermediate thin bottom piece and disposed parallel to an edge portion of saidsolid slab, a series of partitions between the strip and the slab and forming a series of sunken compartments which are arranged in a row adjacent to one of the edges of the slab, and a rib disposed adjacent to one of the other edges of the slaband forming a galley- 'rest.

2. A transferable job-bank, comprising a flat slab of a general rectangular form, provided with a row of compartments disposed adjacent to one of the edges thereof, said row of compartments consisting of a longitudinal groove interrupted by thin strips disposed transversely of the length thereof, said slab being further provided with angle-braces disposed adjacent to the ends of said row of compartments and also provided with a rib disposed adjacent to another of its edges for use as a galley-rest.

3. A transferablejob-bank, comprising a flat slab provided with a ribat "one side to form a galley-rest, and a longitudinal groove, at another side, formed into compartments by thin strips, the top edges of said strips being sunk below the top surface of said slab, as shown.

4. A transferable job-bank comprising a rco flat slab provided with a groove at one side name to this specification in the presence of extending from end to end; said groove betwo subscribing Witnesses.

ing divided into compartments by partitions 7 formed of thin strips, the tops of the parti- GUY GREEN 5 tions being below the surface of the slab as Witnesses:

shown. EDWIN S. EvEs,

In testimony whereof I have signed my KITTIE MCLAUGHLIN. 

